Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-05
NORTH CAROLINA.
Hxws MOTIFS FROM THE OLD North
STATE.
Guternatorisl appointments Licensing
the Sale Of Beer In Rslsigh-crop
Damages by Rain-Ths
State Grspeshow.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch

counties.
To day the Wake-county commits
sioncrs granted TO nineteen applicants
licenses TO sell beer in Raleigh. They
refused TO grant licenses TO six appli-
cants. The Prohibitionists are very
angry. One OF the leaders OF that
party snid it was what they might ex-
pet; that there was no use Of holding
en- election here, and that the will OF
the people was not regarded.
+. II. Meadows, who was president OF
the State Board of Pharmacy, having
resigned, the Governor to-day APP
pointed Franklin w. Hancock, OF
Newberne, to fill the vacancy.
REVENUE COLLECTIONS.
Collector w. II. Marlborough, Of this
revenue district, reports that the col
lcc:ions for the past fiscal year were
$51S, G00-an increase of SG6, 600 over
the previous year.
Carter. Nestal & Co., general mer-
chants at Silver City, Chatham county,
have assigned to 0. A. Hammer. As
sets unknown but it is said they will
cover the liabilities.
The WET WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
Some farmers say that the wet
weather has injured the cotton by
causing the bolls and squares TO drop
off The effect upon tobacco has been
to cause too rank growth. If it con
tinues it will fire the tobacco. Very
little rain fell in this section to-day, but
there was considerable east of Raleigh.
This afternoon your correspondent
asked ". q. Upchurch, of Raleigh
and president of the State Agricultural
Society, what was his view of the da-
mage to crops lie replied that, in his
opinion, the cotton crop has been re-
duccd 10 per cent. in the past fortnight.
The effect Of the excessive rainfall has
been to put the crop in critical condi-
ton. If n long dry spell of weather
follows cotton will not mature It's bOlls
properly. If, on the contrary, there is
much more rain, the lower bolls will
rot. The plant is running 600 much to
weed.
THE GRAPE EXHIBITION.
The State grape show was opened
here just before noon to-day in Str0-
nachs tobacco-warchousc by Mayor
Thompson, who welcomed the visitors
in behalf Of the Wakc-County Horti
cultural Association. The reply was by
j. Van Lindlcy, president of the State
Horticultural Society. The exhibit was
very fine, and thousands OF pounds Of
grapes were displayed attractively
j. VI. Heck. Of Raleigh. exhibited
a hundred and twenty varieties. There
were over twenty exhibitors from
Raleigh, Goldsboro, Ridgeway, Fay
cttevillc, Halifax county, and Yadkln
county. There WAS a very handsome
aud elaborate display Of native wines.
In this department {. W. Garrett u
Co., Of Modoc, Halifax county. were
awarded the FIST pIize. Governor
Scales visited the exhibition, and WAC
greatly pleased. The visitors from
other States say they have never seen
any grape show at all approaching this
one.
At a mill near Kinston yestcrdaythe
body Of John T.. Hussey was found.
lie slept III the Iniil, and i'll the night
lad walked ont of window, falling "A
great distance and being, perhaps in
stantly killed.
Ground has been broken for new
bank q; Nowberne.
Trinity College is receiving the aid il
SO Justly II crits. Last week over 5000
was raised for its endowment fund, and
the work goes on.
The colored people have specially in
vitcd John Sherman to speak at their
State fair at Raleigh, which begins
October 9th 1t is said that Sherman
will be glad of an opportunity to come.
Perhaps the wind may be taken ont Of
his sails, on his arrival, as completely
as i'll the case of Fred. Douglass at the
fair If 1850 Douglass. the famous
negro. came here to make political
speech III the evening. in the day he
was at the fair and heard Governor
Jarvis speak. he was greatly moved
by that speech, and was astonished, as
he frankly declared, at the Estate of
things" here-the good feeling between
the races and the kindness the white
people slowed the negroes. lie utterly
broke down in his attempt to speak at
the fair, and ut night his political
speech became a mere lot of chat ard
Renaissance. John sherman will see
a great deal if he comes here, if he will
only he manly enough. as Douglass GER
tainly was, to acknowledge the fact.
Hon. A. =. Butler, South Carolina's
agricultural commissioner, has an
nounc,d his theme at the Mount Holly
Grange encampment. 1t is to be 1.-The
Cause of the General Failure on the
Part of the Farmers of North Carolina
and South Carolina TO Make Farming
q Pleasant, Profitable Occupation.
That same subject is to be discussed by
DR.. c. w. Dabney, State chemist.
Mr. W. b. Davis's residence, at Viii
mington, Was burned yesterday, causing
81 ECO loss. with $3.50 insurance.
No definite proposition has as yet
been made for a lease by the Cape
Fear and Yadkin-Valley railroad OF the
Atlantic and North Carolina railroad,
though there is a great deal of talk and
newspaper comment about the matter.
There is no end OF the discussion
over the beer and wine matter Wakes
commissioners opened the ball by grant
Ing one license. Now Durham's com
missioners have followed 10y granting
five licenses. Yesterday the lawyers
and the prohibitionists and anti-prohi
bitionis,s had lively time here over
the application for more licenses. The
board desired TO wait until the Supreme
Court had settled the vexed question Of
whether beer and wine are spirituous
liquors or not They were pressed to
act at once, the anti's arguing that as
they had issued to one they must issue
to all. 1t is thought by some prohibi
tionists that all the dry towns in the
State may become the reverse, SO far as
beer and wine are concerned, when at
terapts are made to obtain licenses FROM
the counties.
The county commissioners Of Bun
combe county have reduced The tax
rate 20 per cent, and the rate is now
lower than since the war.
The Western North Carolina Grass
and Grain Exposition began at Ashe-
Vile to-day under the management OF
Atkinson n Sons.
1t is now positively stated that work
is to at once begin on the extension OF
the Caroliua Central rai1ro.l f.or,